[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1487. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO 
                   UNITED STATES ALLIES AND PARTNERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 
     U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(c) For purposes'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Expedited Approval.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes'';
       (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking 
     ``nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement 
     requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas'' and 
     inserting ``foreign country described in paragraph (2)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Foreign country described.--A foreign country 
     referred to in paragraph (1) is--
       ``(A) a nation with which there is in effect a free trade 
     agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural 
     gas;
       ``(B) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization; or
       ``(C) Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Finland, India, or 
     Japan.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to applications for the 
     authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the 
     Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on, or 
     filed on or after, the date of enactment of this Act.
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